DESCRIPTION

This is the universal base class for Catalyst components (Model/View/Controller).

It provides you with a generic new() for instantiation through Catalyst's component loader with config() support and a process() method placeholder.

METHODS

new($c, $arguments)

Called by COMPONENT to instantiate the component; should return an object to be stored in the application's component hash.

COMPONENT($c, $arguments)

If this method is present (as it is on all Catalyst::Component subclasses, it is called by Catalyst during setup_components with the application class as $c and any config entry on the application for this component (for example, in the case of MyApp::Controller::Foo this would be MyApp->config->{'Controller::Foo'}). The arguments are expected to be a hashref and are merged with the __PACKAGE__->config hashref before calling ->new to instantiate the component.

$c->config

$c->config($hashref)

$c->config($key, $value, ...)

Accessor for this component's config hash. Config values can be set as key value pair, or you can specify a hashref. In either case the keys will be merged with any existing config settings. Each component in a Catalyst application has it's own config hash.

$c->process()

This is the default method called on a Catalyst component in the dispatcher. For instance, Views implement this action to render the response body when you forward to them. The default is an abstract method.

$c->merge_config_hashes( $hashref, $hashref )

Merges two hashes together recursively, giving right-hand precedence. Alias for the method in Catalyst::Utils.

OPTIONAL METHODS

ACCEPT_CONTEXT($c, @args)

Catalyst components are normally initalized during server startup, either as a Class or a Instance. However, some components require information about the current request. To do so, they can implement an ACCEPT_CONTEXT method.

If this method is present, it is called during $c->comp/controller/model/view with the current $c and any additional args (e.g. $c->model('Foo', qw/bar baz/) would cause your MyApp::Model::Foo instance's ACCEPT_CONTEXT to be called with ($c, 'bar', 'baz')) and the return value of this method is returned to the calling code in the application rather than the component itself.